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A Breakthrough in Measuring the Building Blocks of Nature
An artistic rendering of the quarks and gluons that make up a proton.Illustration by D. Dominguez / CERN Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . In a recent experiment done at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, in Germany, physicist Alexey Grinin and his colleagues came a step closer […]
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Humans Have Rights and So Should Nature
An “Earth lawyer” argues for cultural transformation in environmental law.
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Why Humans Wage War
War is purposeful and calculating. The more organized we are, the better we get at fighting.
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We’re the Cosmic 1 Percent But Our Solar System Isn’t a Complete Weirdo
About half of all stars seem to have “super-Earth” planets on orbits closer to their stars than Mercury is to the Sun, but we don’t.Illustration by Vadim Sadovski / Shutterstock Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . Is Earth unique? Once a grand philosophical question, it has, over the past […]
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How to Talk Like a Physicist
Theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder, who probably is the smartest person on her block, has fun in her latest video skewering the scientific braggart.Photograph by Francisco De Legarreta C. / Unsplash Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . The other night I was out on our street with the neighbors for […]